Friends,
Completed successful CP at Mumbai on 21st March 2003.Here are the details.
Entered consulate at about 8:45am, waited in the queue as they were veryfying the invitation letter and passports. Security was as tight as Fort Knox. No CD's, Floppies, lighters, cameras etc allowed. Paid $335*2 at counter #1, as ours was a AC-140. We were asked to wait in front of counter #10. There were majority of Family Based cases, as mentioned in the forum we were called at about 11:35am, a wait of about 2 hours. We were called at counter #12. The guy behind the counter was a trainee. Asked for original DS-230 Part I, we explained to him that it was included as part of Packet 3 and a photo copy should be sufficient. He then consulted some other guy and he explained to him that a photo copy should be okay.
Following are the documents asked-
1. DS 230 Part I & II
2. Birth Certificate
3. Marriage Certificate
4. PCC
5. Medical Reports.
6. Employment Verification Letter plus photo copy which will be attached to your dependents file.
7. Passports
8. 3 Photographs, you will be asked to sign across the pictures, the signatures should not be over the face.
Same documents for spouse with the addition of I-134.
It is helpful if these documents are taken as two seperate bunch so that you dont have to search through the folders that you carry.Space at the counter is limited. Submitting the documents took about 20 minutes.
We were asked to wait for our names to be called out. We were expecting that we would have to wait till about 1-1:30 pm as mentioned by others in the forum. Had a sandwich.
By the time we returned to our seats we were called at about 12:15 pm at counter #9.
There was a desi lady and a American lady, American lady asked us whether we can speak English, replied Yes Maam, we were asked to Raise our Right Hand and take oath.
After that, we were asked to sign DS-230 Part II, she asked the name of the company and my qualifications, when they ask for qualifications, i guess they want to know what kind of work do you do for the company, i.e job responsibilities.
She mentioned that she will be cancelling our existing visas as she was issuing new visas.
She wished us Good Luck and asked us to collect our Visas at 3:30pm.
Had lunch at "The SUN" restaurant opposite to the consulate, reached consulate at about 2:45, there was already a queue, For Immigrant visas the queue is on the side of the wall. We were called at about 3:40 pm, collected the visas, checked for spelling mistakes, none found......Happy ending finally.
Our sincere thanks to Rajiv Khanna and Members of this forum for giving us a medium to contribute and communicate amongst all GC aspirants.
Please feel free to shoot any questions.
To end this note, We would like to request people who complete successful CP to keep visiting the forum and share their experiences and help others following the same path.
Thanks.
Completed successful CP at Mumbai on 21st March 2003.Here are the details.
Entered consulate at about 8:45am, waited in the queue as they were veryfying the invitation letter and passports. Security was as tight as Fort Knox. No CD's, Floppies, lighters, cameras etc allowed. Paid $335*2 at counter #1, as ours was a AC-140. We were asked to wait in front of counter #10. There were majority of Family Based cases, as mentioned in the forum we were called at about 11:35am, a wait of about 2 hours. We were called at counter #12. The guy behind the counter was a trainee. Asked for original DS-230 Part I, we explained to him that it was included as part of Packet 3 and a photo copy should be sufficient. He then consulted some other guy and he explained to him that a photo copy should be okay.
Following are the documents asked-
1. DS 230 Part I & II
2. Birth Certificate
3. Marriage Certificate
4. PCC
5. Medical Reports.
6. Employment Verification Letter plus photo copy which will be attached to your dependents file.
7. Passports
8. 3 Photographs, you will be asked to sign across the pictures, the signatures should not be over the face.
Same documents for spouse with the addition of I-134.
It is helpful if these documents are taken as two seperate bunch so that you dont have to search through the folders that you carry.Space at the counter is limited. Submitting the documents took about 20 minutes.
We were asked to wait for our names to be called out. We were expecting that we would have to wait till about 1-1:30 pm as mentioned by others in the forum. Had a sandwich.
By the time we returned to our seats we were called at about 12:15 pm at counter #9.
There was a desi lady and a American lady, American lady asked us whether we can speak English, replied Yes Maam, we were asked to Raise our Right Hand and take oath.
After that, we were asked to sign DS-230 Part II, she asked the name of the company and my qualifications, when they ask for qualifications, i guess they want to know what kind of work do you do for the company, i.e job responsibilities.
She mentioned that she will be cancelling our existing visas as she was issuing new visas.
She wished us Good Luck and asked us to collect our Visas at 3:30pm.
Had lunch at "The SUN" restaurant opposite to the consulate, reached consulate at about 2:45, there was already a queue, For Immigrant visas the queue is on the side of the wall. We were called at about 3:40 pm, collected the visas, checked for spelling mistakes, none found......Happy ending finally.
Our sincere thanks to Rajiv Khanna and Members of this forum for giving us a medium to contribute and communicate amongst all GC aspirants.
Please feel free to shoot any questions.
To end this note, We would like to request people who complete successful CP to keep visiting the forum and share their experiences and help others following the same path.
Thanks.